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o o Veteran Printer Pens Poem Hero and there you Mill will find " In the rapid thinning ranktt Survivals of that sterling band ( that once pressed the frontier's flanks HcmnantH of a valiant rc whose sands have nearly run; Their toilsome journey ended, their life's great labor do rye. Halt of step, eyes grown dim, and Keenness gone from ears; Heads now mantled with the frosts and snows of many years Stalwart men and women, slowly . - 'drifting down life's way They were the study pioneers of what seems but yesterday. A great and wild unknown will beckon them no more; They must linger und abide at the ocean's halting shore; The long, long quest is ended; no moro unspoiled domain To lure them ever onward across : tho trackless plain. No wastes to tempt them forward; . no more they'll be beguiled By unknown forest stretches or wildernesses wild; No more sweep of. prairies entices to Invade; 1 No more a savage foe to prompt the trusty gun and blade. The last frontier is conquered; the sea's forbidding shore Has stopped the onward marching and tho pioneer day 1h o'er. -, Still unbeaten, still unbroken, they accept the modes of fate With that fortitude which Jaid down tho foundations of the state. . They're the Inst of a grand race that's subdued a virgin land From Atlantic's jutted coast to the great Pacific's strand. JuHt a few of those whoso like we will never see again 1 Tho best of our land's womanhood, the best of her sturdy men. We of this day will never know tho hardships they endured, To what trials and vicissitudes and privations were inured. By maladies and Indians often times beset; Ity beasts of plain and forest they oftentimes wore met; . Tortures ot winter's blasts and summer's scorching sun; Other torments by the score from the time their march begun. Many dropped along the journey, but not from spirit dead; Many graves and bleaching bones marked the pathway of their tread. Yet the skulking foes of forests or the stretches of the pluln Ne'er gave birth to cowardice, nev er chilled the blood in vein. Westward, onward, evoi on, o'er the Alleghany slopes . To the Mississippi basin, with nev er flagging hoper; Across the vast prairies to tho , Rockies snowy peaks. O'er the arid desert where the pois . on serpent creeps; Onward to tho gold fields, never halting in their quest Until their trek had ended at the shoreline of tho west, , What a spirit and a faith had those sturdy pioneers " Who havo battled ever onward for the past three hundred years! Braving the forbidding frown of sun and wind and snow, Pressing on relentlessly, disregard lng every foe! Tho hardship and privation their promise was the least, Undaunted they pressed forward from the thinly settled east Women, some with babes In arms, who kept by their husband's sides; Children, fearful-eyed and doubt ful, youthful grooms and fuilh ful brides. As one decade of pioneers sought ease from urge of quest, Scientific Notes By Frank X. Wcllcr (Associated Press Farm Editor) WASHINGTON. -GT) Just when science has about decided a cow's outsjdo appearance is an index to her producing capacity,, the same ecienco finds that maybe it isn't so after all. ' This it docs know not all tho facts regarding relationship of ex ternal and internal anatomy are in keeping with present beliefs and teachings. What It has yet to dis cover 1s a scientific explanation either to justify the present prac tice of estimating what a cow can do by what she looks like, or prove tho fallacy of the theory. Tho situation results from a comparative study of the outside and Inside measurements of two famous cows Sophie l!Uh of Hood farm, one time world's record Weather Reports Now Phoned to Planes r:f ' ft j ilv " III I U$iil flaw? j-swssrsi ffrtt 3 The United States Department of Commerce is in readiness to operate the first radio tele ohoW station on the Pacific Coast. This station will report hourly, by phone, the weather Sions to Pes in flight. A new Chevrolet Six, with N. W. Bliss, the manager of the AtjLtipnanJ.LA- Franklin Rose, is shown irWhe foreground. ... !r .1 'if A. II. Williams In his latest work, the well known local resident pays poetical tribute to the pioneer. A son of pioneers, and a pioneer himself, he writes from first hand know ledge, and, as a result has pro duced, what is regarded by his friends and admirers, as his out standing creation. Their sons and daughters then took up the conquest of tho west. Each succeeding generation faring from tne parent home To push the border farther In a wild and virgin loam, Laying tho foundation for a future soon to come. When the stillness would bo broken by a great industrial hum. Few homes at first, then humlets, villages and towns Marked the patli of progress which the modern city crowns. CJ lancing now across the land of their pilgrimage and trails, Once tho sceno of untold hardships and sufferings and travails, We see tho lengthy sweep of a groat empire unfurled, A strong and mighty nation which challenges the world. Majestic citiicK sit enthroned, im perial in their sway. Thousands of lessor ones studded as the starry way; Villages and hamlets flocking tho teeming land, Furni plots In broad expanse tho plains and vales command. Commerce, Industry and trade well nigh awesome in array; Millions at their toil, flooding night as well as day; Dazzling scenes that far eclipse vision dreaming of the past. Art and science that almost sot the entire world aghast; Tho leader of the nations, tho the youngest of them all, , Tho new world standH triumphant in Time's historic hall An accomplisment in less than two centuries of years The foundation laid for all by our sturdy pioneers! Today we have adventurers of land and sea and air, Intrepid men and women willing to do and dare; But they fare forth in quest of lau rel wreaths of fame, To return to worldly comforts and tumultuous acclaim. Not so those old frontiersmen that race of days gone by They ventured fjurlh to hostilo wastes. With danger ill ways nigh, To push tho border forward for a nation's growing needs, holder fir the Jersey breed; and Blackbird of Dallas, a purebred Aberdeen-Angus cow of show ring note and a typical representative of tho beef type. W. W. Swott, dairy husbandman in tho deportment of agriculture, who made tho study in conjunction with K. It, Graves, specialist in dairy cattle breeding, and F. W. Miller, veterinarian, says tho liv ing animals differed greatly in size, weight and conformation, but that when stripped of their outer' covering tho skeletons of tho two cows "were very similar." Whereas tho living Blackbird measured larger than Sophie in many dimensions, a comparison of the skeletons showed that, ot Sophie to bo larger than Black bird's in many of the measure ments. Sophie weighed only 927 pounds! and Blackbird 1565. But hero again the outside differences failed to indicate the same relationship to the inside. The internal organs MEPFORD WATT, of Pioneers Willi no thot of honor, glory in I their unassuming deeds. To them no dream of conquest, no hope of great renown; No thot of a return to wear a vic tor's gilded crown. They humbly ventured forth into j wastes of unknown sod. V im inirep'Ui siftmy Bivj'a uuu reliant faith In Cod. j Scant and rough their equlppage, I few and coarse their dross, Little of horiie'g comforts their voy aging to bloKs; Naught but love and trust to cheer them dally on Thru tho weary hours of day and night's vigil unto dawn. j What noble beatings of the heart inspired those sterling bands. As they plodded ever onward seek ing new und unknown lands Constant, true and loyal, no confi dence bertayed; Compacts needing not a bond, trust In honor unafraid. Care, solicitude and cheer for tho 111 and the distressed; Ever ready to help or succor those by needs most sorely pressed. Ready to extend a hand each other's trials to bear. Ever ready each dull burden to as sume a goodly share. In a brief time too brief a time we're beginning to forget Those to whose deedH of valor we will over owo a debt; ' We're beginning to lose contact with their history stark and grim; '. Our gratitude and honor for those stalwarts growing dim. In our comforts and our pleasures we last are losing touch Willi that epoch which today to us all here means so much. In complaisance do we give nil idle,, thoughtless look Upon the gilded pages in our na tion's glorious book. A few are left today of that stur dy grand old legion Who .conquered this once wilder ness, this far-flung virgin re gion, Whose dauntless stops have come to rest by the sou's rebounding tide, Where, waiting for the final call, in tranquility abide. Brief the time Hurt's left to show our homage und gratitude To those still remaining souls In the laud lliey have subdued. So, in tile few years that are left let. us show them while we may That we honor those great hearts that huve pioneered tho way. None too great can be our tribute, no paean too loud to sing. No garland wreath of token too revered for us to bring In a dutiful remembrance to those ' venerable pioneers And show a measure of respect in their fast declining years. Yet they would decry ostenta tion or panoplied display, .Shun pompous heraldry and all glittering array. Just a simple acknowledgment of the part that they have played; Recognition that their sacrifices In vain have not been made. A legion host of pioneers have crossed the Great Divide And In eternal fellowship' mar shalled on the other side. No great sarcophagus may hold their now Immortal clay, But upon the chancels of oui heart wo should a tablet lay. Their valor should ever be a na lion's hallowed shrine; The passing years should make their deeds in a gleaming halo shine. That wo have grown ungrateful let It be never said Give love's token to tho living and love's revcrenco for the ' dead. of the two cows did nut differ suf fieiently to Indicate "significant dlfefrences in function. Neither was body conformation a fulr indication of tho skeletal structure of tho iwo cows. In 1hc living form Sophie presented tho angular lateral wedge shape thta has been so strongly emphasized In selecting the good dairy cow whereas Blackbird, because of the differences in fleshing, exhibited only a slight wed go shape laterally The two skeletons, however, were almost Identical in lateral wedge shape. From those comparisons the in vostigators conclude that the ovo lutlon of tho dairy and bocf types, which has been accomplished through breeding and selection, has not materially altered tho skeletal structure of the domestic cow, and that the true difference in beef and dairy types is due rather to extreme fleshing on tho one hand and to udder development and ab sence of fleshing on the other. TttTBUNTV MEDrORP, ST. Ll FIRST TO m OF BEAUTY SHOP It is within the memory, within the business experience of one wo man that tho first lone beauty shop was established in this land where now a beauty shop con fronts us upon every hand. Fig ures compiled by the United States department of commerce tell us the retail business in cosmetics amounts to ? 200,0000,000 annually n this country; that transactions i n face powder alone amount to ! $25,000,000, and that sales aro in- creasing at the rate of six per cent per annum. , She was the first person to copy ight a full line of toilet prepara tions. She probably was tho first conductor of a beauty column in a newspaper and the first beauty lec turer, in the south, at least. And she Is still in tho came business. manufacturing the same line of specialties she establsihed in New Orleans in 1882. She Is Mrs. Ella It. Berry, proprietor of tho Berry Beau tie la company, St, Loulsi A Jioiictr Voluminous scran books filled with clippings of newspaper art!-1 cles from her own pen reveal Mrs. Berry as a prolific writer. As a pioneer in business she belonged to an era when a woman would bet ter explain her aims as she went along if she didn't want to bo con- idered n freak of nature. Mrs. Berry's first advice In this direc tion camo from Thomas Ilapier, editor of tho old New Orleans Picayune, when she presented her first advertisement for display in that journal. It was such a daring, unheard-of proposition, it seems, a woman venturing to disclose In nermost secrets of tho boudoir and the dressing table, that a gallant southern gentleman could hardly sponsor such a departure. Ho was not unappreclative of hor ambi tion, enterprise and ability. And ho sympathized too with a young woman with a suddenly invalided husband and two children to jsui port. Nor was he indifferent to selling advertising space, presumably. But couldn't she present her purpose in less startling, more adroit form? Couldn't sho write articles on beauty,, fashion, tho domestic arts and such Inoffenslvo subjects and just introduce veiled references to hor croams, lotions, powders, methods of removing skin blem ishes, freckles, superfluous hair; changing contours and other' al most unmentionable means of aid ing or reconstructing tho beauty which every woman was presumed to have been born with? A gentlewoman of the old school herself, never a radical, sho took tho editor's advice. And that is how she came to be as well known as a contributor to the editorial columns of newspapers and peri odicals In New Orleans and all over the south. And as the editor predicted, the one distinction lent dignity to the othor, for she wroto with a, facile pen and from a back ground of unquestioned learning In classical as well as technical lore, a wido knowlcduge both of people and books. Sixmsorcd Movements Through the years she exhausted every subject that came up In tho news of interest "to women. Sho sponsored all the various steps women havo taken In their politl cal, economic, domestic, sartorial emancipation. And sho was at ways a little ahead of her times.! Hut in tho movements sho advo-j catod her preachments were al ways in favor of evolution without revolution.' Always sho counseled her readers to remember they wore ladles, the gentler sex. and must make their appeals to men's gaN lantry through tho old-fashioned virtues and, above all, through beauty. Nor was she inconsistent in tills. Today sho looks back upon, periods of great success In business. When sho moved from Now Orleans to t. Louis In order to benefit In freight rates from a more central location of her territory which had come to embrace the whole coun try, her credit was rated by mer cantile agencies at $250,000, a con servative estimate and all her own earnings. But today, recalling these facts, rather would she dwelt upon tne charms of nor grand children than upon any other triumphs. , Farm Pointers Children often receive a stimu lus to Individual gardening If n small ' but supplementary model community plot Is planned In a central part of tho town. Groups of children under the direction of older people may he delegated to take care of this garden, planting It and keeping out the weeds. In one tnwn an alternating vigilance committee of four children work ing for two hours a week kept th" plot tho shining example thHt it should huve been to tho tourist and tho Htay-at-hnmo., Madame Maria Monf sfiorl. world famous educator, says In tho cur rent Ikhuc of Children. The I'armits Magazine, "The teai ber must stand aside, und not let the child notice his presence; ho must abd lento the permanent supervision which re- preHHfs and oppresses the child, j Ho mm;! observe tho child with the humility of true reverence, refus- j Ing to assert his personality." j Tho ability or children to enjoy I clothe" far from being something; to froWi down. Is distinctly an as- ; set In later life. A very great ' psychoanalyst says that the genu- j inely hQty person In the one ab- j norbed in the world a it him. i who takes a constant Joy In objects which ho can make or gather and j arrange, which are his belongings, whicb expret him, and bring him OREflONT. SUNDAY. "APRll. 21, satisfaction. It doesn't matter as we grow older whether our clothes please our neighbors. The. impor tant G "U Is that they plettso us. and give us the souho ot well being, of fitness, of charm, which arc contributions to our happiness. It is customary today to build a closet in the kitchen, big enough to store iii it the ordinary tools needed t" porpeiiy remove dust and polish dull surfaces. Th is consists of a long narrow lo o hel the larger vacuum cloanoij ami the small "hand vacuum it you are so fortunate as to have one, the duht brushes, the mop for the linoleum und tile floors and the electric floor polisher. There cannot be any set formula for child care. As a working meth od we suggest prevention rather than cure. A better understanding of our children's needs and tern- pern m ents will dissipate many of NEW FORD TOURING Long, low, fleet, with a sweep of tne art ot a master designer , , . in anving oecause or its specu, power, picK-up imu rciiaDiiuy. Ford-Triplex Shatter Proof Glass Spells Safety for Ford Drivers Windshields of all tho now Ford cars aro made of Ford-Triplox shattor-proof glass. . This is a highly impprtant safety factor because it has been found that in automobile accidents a -large perccntago of injuries result from cuts by flying glass, particularly from the wind-- ; shield. The Ford-Triplex shatter-proof glass used in the windshields of the new Fords also , . softens direct sun's rays, breaks headlight glare, eliminates condensation on tho windshield of closed cars during winter and is flexible under impact. . . ' , ; C.E. GATES AUTO CO. Pacific Highway at Sixth ''(llllllllllllllllll :?8-10 North Riverside Jthe bogeys of temperamental faults ! and failings. But from my own ' exp'iienct with modern parents (and their children I would like to j emphasize the fact that ft little ijWUclous neglect is often far safer j than worried over-attention. There Is a wealth of material at hand for every child, clay, enment, musical Inst foments, paints and : colors oi every Kinu. roods, textiles, I building materials, tools, ' chemi cals, the world of animal and plant , life all wo need aro tho ndults I who will recognize tho necessity for opening up these possibilities to little children If the? are to de I velop the bases for liking tho work and live in an adult world. Iron is the distinctive mineral I contribution made by the egg. One i yolk contains about tho same ! amount of this olesuent as two 1 thirds cup nf fresh -peas, one-fifth line that reflects -rSi puis a new unm III iiiiipiimiiippiiii!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!! IIIIIIUIB W.'HKRER- MOTOR COMPANY IIUICIC IUJA1.KKS cup of steamed spinach, one and ouo-half cups of diced carrots, one eighth pound of lean beef or one and one-half ounces of liver. Many physicians suggest giving egg yolks to little children. WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF VOTERS MAPS PLANS 10 RULE WASHINGTON. The legis lative board of strategy of tho Na tional league of Women Voters the general council will meet in VAasnington April to co- I ordinate effort in the support of issues coming before the seventy- : KPKCIAt, '1'illS WKRK : ' , , r 1J27 Uiilck Suduu, I93D.0U ' ... . , . BPKCIAIi THIS WKKIC J'Jl'S IIiiUhuii' Coach J87u t. . PAGTC THREE first congress which the organiza tion favors. . 1 Tho council contains 1 00 women. Continuation of the program for maternity and Infant welfare,, tho movement to end lame duck ses sions of congress and the impending- Pan - American arbitration treaties aro subjects to which tho league has committed itself,,,'. . Determination may be mad at the gathoring a$ to what rt tit tide the league wU tako'pn proposal for reorganization-' of the federal government. h topic la sched uled for consideration. Miss Belle Sherwln of Cleveland, : .national president, will preside at the coun cil deliberation: Mrs. Louis F. Blade of Now York, Mrs. James W, Morrison of Chicago, Mrs. Caspar Whitney and Mrs. Ia Ruo Brown ot Bostoi. all past officers, will bo among the speakers. Phone 141 BETTER USED CARS ; ' : ... .(. Used Car Lot 9th and Riverside
